poplib.retr doens't flag message as read

[Gabriel Genellina]

En Tue, 19 Jun 2007 05:14:58 -0300, EuGeNe Van den Bulke  
<eugene.vandenbulke at gmail.com> escribió:

> I am trying to use the poplib library to get emails using the retr
> method. The small program bellow works but the message aren't flagged as
> read which puzzles me. I believe the pop server is qmail 1.0.6 /
> vpopmail 5.2.1 and I am running the following script on Windows using
> Pyhton 2.5.

The POP protocol has no concept of "read" or "unread" messages; the LIST  
command simply shows all existing messages. You may want to use another  
protocol, like IMAP, if the server supports it.

You could delete messages after successful retrieval, using the DELE  
command. Only after a successful QUIT command will the server actually  
delete them.

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Gabriel Genellina